• @pory@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      Discord is worse than Reddit for anything other than chatting. You can’t view a Discord without an account, Discords aren’t indexed by search engines or protected by google cache / archive.org, Discord’s API usage policy is even more restrictive than Reddit’s new one (it’s completely against the TOS to create third party discord clients at all)…

      Being able to look at the historical threads on a subreddit like hardwareswap is really important for learning the value of what you have. A format where every offer gets its own collapsible conversation thread is much better than every negotiator popping up in sequence.

      • @Noxvento@lemmy.world
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        51 year ago

        Discord is fine for Voice Chatting. But it’s not very good for large communities and looking up old (but good) content.

      • masterX244
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        31 year ago

        And you only get limited servers per account. And archive.org coverage is important since thats the one location that we can rely on for old data

      • rikaxnipah
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        11 year ago

        Yup, agreed. Discord is only good for chatting. I do not find Discord to be a good place to share information or to even use their ‘forum’ channel option.

    • LostCause
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      91 year ago

      If the enshittification theory is correct, Discord will eventually turn on their users too.

    • ZenArtistOP
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      51 year ago

      Hate discord with a passion. I don’t know why all the “new-age” open-source projects are also moving to Discord as their primary forum. The search is abysmal, there’s no way to go back to previous postings in a sane manner.

      I reluctantly use discord because some of my favorite application developers use that (Immich, Omnivore, Logseq) but it’s just a massive pain in the ass and every time I spend even 10 minutes there, it feels like I’ve spent hours looking into the dark mayhem, searching for a needle in the haystack.

      • Gull
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        31 year ago

        Communities move to Discord because it is a catchment: you can set up a server for free on a moment’s notice, which gives you a place to hold a decent proportion of your community for continuity. The mod tools are also sufficient for basic use. You’re right that it’s not a replacement for a forum - terrible for archival and search purposes.

      • SpaceCadet2000
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        11 year ago

        it feels like I’ve spent hours looking into the dark mayhem, searching for a needle in the haystack.

        It feels like digging through someone else’s IRC chatlogs in search of an answer.

      • cannache
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        11 year ago

        Agreed, discord feels like it’s more for meme sharing and info graphics than actual long group discussions

        • Gull
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          21 year ago

          Discord also excels for punitive struggle sessions where someone is chosen to be “it” and is then verbally beaten by a rotating cast for hours.

      • masterX244
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        31 year ago

        Element is only one of the clients for the matrix network. And as long as it follows the standard you can use other clients, too

      • Gull
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        11 year ago

        The Matrix Code of Conduct actively condones harassment as long as the Matrix people dislike your politics, which makes all the official forums unsafe for technical coordination.

    • SpaceCadet2000
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      11 year ago

      How is Discord better? It’s also a walled garden that doesn’t allow 3rd party clients, and it’s just a horrible website to run a forum like this. In fact it’s just horrible all around.

      • @midnight
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        11 year ago

        It may be more convenient for this person, but hard disagree on it being better (especially over a separate forum like Jellyfin is moving to.) Looks like you’re already on that scent though 👍